Pencil and plash-light combined



O. D. YELLE.

PENCIL AND FLASH LIGHT COMBINED.

\PPLICATION FILED MAR- 3. 1919.

1 ,32 1 ,694, Patented Nov. 11, 1919.

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PENCIL AND FLASH-LIGHT COMBINED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 11, 1919.

Application filed March 3, 1919. Serial No. 280,319.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORVILLE D. YELLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Everett, in the county of snohomish and State of \Vash, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Pencils and Flash- ]LightsCombined, of which the following 1s a specification.

This invention relates to improvements 1n pencils, the object being toprovide a combined pencil and flashlight, whlch may be either used forthe purpose of supplying light to the point of the pencil when writing,or used as a flashlight in the ordinary manner.

Another object is to provide a pencil for the. use of persons obliged totake notes or memorandum in the dark, the pencil being especially usefulfor policemen, drivers of vehicles, such as taxicabs, and for variousother purposes.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention includes asectional casing, carrying at one end a pencil and an electric bulb, thecasing containing a battery having one terminal connected to the lamp orbulb and its other terminal normally held from contact with a lugcarried by the casing, through the medium of a spring, the sections ofthe casing being joined together by threads to permit of relativeadjustment for the purpose of opening, or closing, the circuit throughthe medium of said lug.

The invention further consists of the following novel details ofconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinaftermore fully described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a combined penoil and flashlight constructedin accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a view looking at the pointed end of the pencil, and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4-4 01? Fig. 2.

Referring in detail to the drawings wherein like characters of referencedenote corresponding parts, the invention includes a casing formed ofseparate sections, indicated at 10 and 11 and joined to ether throughthe medium of screw threa s 12.

The section 10 carries the pencil, and for this purpose the outer end ofthe section 10 is provided with an offset extension 13, havingconcentrically arranged therein a tube 14, which is split longitudinallyand is designed to receive the lead 15, the space be tween the tube andthe surrounding walls of the extension 13 being for the purpose ofstoring additional leads.

The end of the tube 14 carries a split Wedge shaped member 16, overwhich is positioned a similarly shaped cap 17. This cap is formed with acentral opening for the passage of the lead 15 and is removably securedto the extension 13 through the medium of threads 18. By loosening thecap 17, the lead 15 may be adjusted to the desired position, whereuponthe cap may be tightened to hold the lead against movement.

The lamp is carried by an extension 19, which is located at the side ofthe extension 13, the former being provided with a socket 20, for thereception of a bulb 21. One terminal of the lamp is connected to aresilient conductor 22, one end of this conductor extending within thecasing for contact with one terminal 23 of the battery 24. The otherterminal of the lamp is connected to the casing by means of a shortconductor 25, the conductor 22 being suitably insulated, as shown. Theopposite terminal of the battery 24 is designed for contact with a lug26, located within the end of the section 11 of the casing, the batteryand lug being normally spaced apart, through the medium of a coil spring27.

An insulated washer 28 is positioned be tween the spring 27 and thebattery 24, so that current will not flow from the battery through thespring to the casing.

Normally the sections 10 and 11 of the easing are so adjusted as tospace the end of the battery 24 from the lug 26, whereupon the circuitwill be incomplete. To light the lamp it is only necessary to secure thesections 10 and 11 together a suflicient distance to cause the lug 26 tocontact with the battery 24.

The invention provides an exceedingly convenient article, which may beused as a pencil in the ordinary manner, or it may be used for writingin the dark, the lamp 21 furnishing sufficient light for most purposes,while in addition, the device may be used as an ordinary flashlight.

' The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form,proportions and minor details of construction and the right is reservedto make such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appendedclaim. Having described the invention, what is claimed is Thecombination with a pencil having a hollow sectional casing threadedlysecured together, one of said sections being divided into a pencilcompartment and a lamp compartment, of an electric lamp in the lampcompartment and located adjacent the point of the pencil, an electricbattery within the casing, a conductor communicating with the lampcompartment for connection with one of the lamp terminals, a resilientend portion carried by the conductor and extending to the lampcompartment to provide a spring contact for engagement with one terminalof the battery, a lug carried by the casing for contact with theopposite battery terminal and a spring surrounding the lug and normallyforcing the battery away from said lug.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ORVILLE D. YELLE.

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